Karl Malone scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half and
Adam Keefe added seven of his 15 on a key run bridging the first
and second quarters, leading the Utah Jazz to a 103-74 romp over
the San Antonio Spurs.

Utah led 12-10 midway through the first quarter when Malone's
jumper with 4:49 left sparked a 27-2 burst that ended early in
the second period. Keefe had a three-point play and two more
buckets late in the opening quarter before Greg Foster drained a
three-pointer with two seconds left to build a 32-12 lead.

"We have some pretty good shooters on this team and so when they
spread out to cover our shooters, it leaves me pretty open,"
Keefe said. "And I have been able to put a few down from the
outside myself this year."

Utah then scored the first seven points of the second period.
Howard Eisley hit a three-pointer and sank two free throws to
cap the run with 9:14 to go, creating a 39-12 cushion. The
Spurs got no closer than 17 points thereafter and lost for the
fourth time in the last five games.

Malone argued with the official on a pair of foul calls in the
third quarter and was ejected for receiving his second technical
with 53 seconds left. He still finished with 11 rebounds and
seven steals in 31 minutes.

"It don't matter who the refs are, whether they are veterans or
rookies and we had both out there tonight. They are like your
dad...they are always right," Malone said.

Jeff Hornacek contributed 19 points, seven assists and six
rebounds as Utah snapped a two-game skid and beat the Spurs for
the fourth straight time. Hornacek's 22-foot jumper midway
through the third quarter gave the Jazz their biggest lead of
the game, 73-41.

David Robinson collected 22 points and 11 rebounds for the
Spurs, who were held to a season-low 74 points for the second
consecutive game.

"Well, we've had this problem with putting the ball in the hole
for a lot of games and we've got to work through it," Spurs
coach Gregg Popovich said. "There's not a lot you can do but
keep letting the ball fly and keep shooting."

Utah shot 51 percent (33-of-65) from the field, including
6-of-12 from three-point range. Eisley drained three
three-pointers and finished with 13 points.

"We got a little bit casual a time or two in the second quarter
and I thought we were going to let them back in the ball game
because we kind of fell asleep just a little bit," Jazz coach
Jerry Sloan said. "But I thought for the most part we stayed
fairly intense for the entire game and as everybody knows, we
haven't been able to stay intense in the fourth quarter."

Tim Duncan was held to nine points and seven rebounds and made
just 4-of-12 shots as the Spurs connected on 37 percent
(27-of-73) from the floor. San Antonio has shot just 35 percent
(55-for-155) over the last two games.

"We just couldn't get anything going," Duncan said. "It's the
second night in a row that we start off slow and they really
jumped on us and when we're down that much, it's hard for us to
get back into it."

Cory Alexander scored 13 points off the bench for San Antonio,
which was outrebounded, 41-32, and committed 21 turnovers.